Monolandia: il paese dove la libertà fu sepolta [Monolandia: the Country where Liberty was Buried]. [Bronx]: [n.p.], [n.d.]

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Monolandia: il paese dove la libertà fu sepolta [Monolandia: the Country where Liberty was Buried]. [Bronx]: [n.p.], [n.d.]

Description

Self-published; printed from typescript (and perfect bound) by the anarchist-individualist author, who lived in the U.S. illegally from 1924 until his death in 1986, and who wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Frank Brand (see Avrich, Anarchist Voices, for a lengthy interview under that name) and Harry Goni (a version of "Arrigoni").

There is no stated date or place of publication, but the look and feel (and binding) of the volume dates it to the 1970s or 1980s in the U.S.

Some OCLC records are (improperly) catalogued only under the cover title, “Avventure nel paese dei monoliti,” rather than (correctly) from the title page. 

As is evident from the bracketing, I only make an educated guess that it was printed in the Bronx, where Arrigoni mostly lived in the last few decades of his life.

Without any evidence in the physical work that I can see, the four or five Italian libraries that have a copy situate the place of publication as in Italy, rather than in the U.S. This seems improbable. Though he lived in the U.S. for more than 60 years illegally - and thus "officially" did not live in the U.S. - , there is no evidence of a surreptitious trip to Italy to meet with a publisher, which would have made it virtually impossible to return to the U.S., given his illegal status. Of course, he could have simply mailed the manuscript to a foreign publisher, but I suspect he was away from Italy for too long for him to have maintained contact, especially given the sub rosa nature of his activities.

Arrigoni wrote in English and Spanish, as well as Italian, for anarchist journals. He started and directed Eresia, a magazine, q.v. He considered communists to be a greater menace to human liberty than any other political group. This work, like several of his others, condemns centralized authority in all its forms. Arrigoni was a long-time member of the Libertarian Book Club, which published an English-langauge version of the book.

The Avrich entry is detailed; it's clear Arrigoni was a one of a kind to whom Avrich wanted to give wide berth in detailing his rich and varied history and his more than average or obvious observations.

Creator

Enrico Arrigoni

Publisher

[n.p.]

Date

[n.d.]

Format

21 x 13cm; 292 p.

Language

Italian

Citation

Enrico Arrigoni, “Monolandia: il paese dove la libertà fu sepolta [Monolandia: the Country where Liberty was Buried]. [Bronx]: [n.p.], [n.d.],” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/117.

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